Remote Desktop Farm Printing

Hello,
I am setting up a new 2008 R2 RDS load balancing Farm. I have seen other 2008 R2 Farms with identical print servers setup on each RDSH server. Each user gets an identical list of printers no matter which server they log into.
They use rdp profiles to follow them to each server.
Is it best to setup print server on each server or is there a different way to do this? It worked pretty well at other site. I just want to do it the best way. If there is any documentation thats good too.
Thanks!

Hi,
The best practice for setting printer in office environment depends on company’s requirement and many other factors. You can install printer or each server and then assign to use by users or make printer redirection setting for client to use as specified printer
is allocate to the users session. If you want then also try to RD Easy print service for your case. For more information you can go through beneath link.
1. The Ultimate Guide to Terminal Server Printing - Design and Configuration
2. Using Remote Desktop Easy Print in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
3. How to configure Microsoft RDS Universal Printing
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
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